Repurpose existing hydrogen infrastructure

A key challenge for green hydrogen comes from the fact that hydrogen (in its ambient form as a gas) is the lightest element and so has a low energy density per unit of volume, making long-distance transportation and storage complex and costly.

In this context. repurposing of existing infrastructure built for fossil based hydrogen is feasible and cheaper than building from scratch: as a rule-of-thumb, such repurposing far fewer tough technical challenges, and is also cheaper than building new pure hydrogen networks.

Relevant for

  • Biochemical engineer
  • Oil & gas engineer

Innovation sector

  • Renewable energy sciences

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Reusing gas infrastructure for hydrogen transportation

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Repurposing existing gas infrastructure to pure hydrogen: ACER finds divergent visions of the future

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Domain

Renewable Energy

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Business model

Stakeholders

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Government

Industry

Chemicals

Transportation & logistics